The Japan Economic Foundation (JEF, 国際経済交流財団 ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryū Zaidan'') is an organization which describes itself as promoting economic and technological exchanges between Japan and other countries.
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. Japan Economic Foundation. Retrieved on January 20, 2014. Its head office is on the 11th floor of the
Jiji Press Building (時事通信ビル ''Jiji Tsūshin Biru'') in
Ginza
Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous intern ...
,
Chuo,
Tokyo. Previously its head office was on the 11th floor in the
Fukoku Seimei Building (
富国生命ビル ''Fukoku Seimei Biru'') in
Uchisaiwai-cho,
Chiyoda,
Tokyo.
It was established in 1981.
[ The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) established the agency as a way of reducing the size of its budget since it anticipated a reduction in its subsidies.][Hollerman, Leon. ''Japan, Disincorporated: The Economic Liberalization Process'' (Issue 363 of Publication Series). Hoover Press, January 1, 1988. , 9780817986339. p]
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"Anticipating a cut in the size of its subsidy budget, MITI in 1982 inaugurated two new councils that would effectively offset the reductions and leave its total budget intact. The first of these was the ''Kokusai Keizai Kōryu Zaidan'' (Japan Economic Foundation); the second was ''Bōeki Sangyō Kyōryoku Zaidan'' (Japan Trade and Industry Cooperation Foundation)." Malcolm Trevor, author of ''Japan - Restless Competitor: The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism'', wrote that because leadership roster included Shoichi Akazawa ( 赤澤 璋一 ''Akazawa Shōichi''), Naohiro Amaya
is a Japanese politician who served as the head of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI).
He graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1948 after taking politics courses. From 1948 to 1981 Amaya worked for the MITI. He served ...
, and Minoru Masuda ( 益田 実 ''Masuda Minoru''), its publications would be ''de facto'' government publications even if they are not presented as such.[Trevor, Malcolm. ''Japan - Restless Competitor: The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism''. Routledge, December 16, 2013. , 9781134278343. p]
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Publications
* '' Japan Spotlight'' (formerly ''Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry'')
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